Israelis have
secret pact with Egypt to take on ISIS (Opinion) Feb 5 - Washington: Unmarked Israeli warplanes and helicopters have carried out
dozens of covert attacks against the Islamic State and other terrorist groups
inside the Egyptian Sinai in recent years, said two former senior US officials.

Islamic State
fighters fleeing Syria await orders for renewed battle(Sydney Morning Herald) Feb 6 - Washington: Thousands of Islamic State foreign fighters and family
members have escaped the US-led military campaign in eastern Syria, according
to new classified US and other Western military and intelligence assessments, a
flow that threatens to tarnish US declarations that the militant group has been
largely defeated.

Also: Put ’Beatles’
Isis fighters on trial, victims’ families say (The Guardian,
Australia) Feb 10 - Relatives of the victims of an Islamic State torture and murder cell
known as “the Beatles” have expressed relief that the two remaining members
have been captured and said they wanted to see them stand trial.

Other

C of E raises
serious concerns about Christian Freemasons (The Guardian,
Australia) Feb 9 - The Church of England has reiterated “significant concerns” about Christians
becoming Freemasons amid renewed controversy about the presence of the
secretive organisation at the heart of the British establishment.